Linda Bassett News

The Bush Theatre celebrated last night as Ida, written by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, won an Oscar® for Best Foreign-Language Film. Rebecca's new play The Invisible - an original commission by the Bush Theatre - opens at the Bush in July 2015.

Many of us fondly remember East is East as the film that was released in 1999 - a superb comedy that also tackles the conflict of interest within a multi-cultural family. However, a lot of people are unaware that it was a play beforehand, debuting in Birmingham in October 1996, also featuring Linda Bassett as Ella, before transferring to the Royal Court Upstairs the following year. The show was writer Ayub Khan Din's first play following a successful career as an actor. We are very lucky to have the man himself starring as George in this short UK tour following a well-received run at the Trafalgar Studios.

Barney Norris' debut full-length play Visitors has transferred from the Everyman Theatre in Chichester to the Arcola earlier this year and is now starting its run at Bush Theatre, where all of the original cast members have reprised their roles. Set in a remote farm in north Wiltshire, Edie (Linda Bassett) and Arthur (Robin Soans) a married couple in their seventies are living happily alone with Arthur working out on the farm and Edie keeping things running in the home. Having lived there their whole married lives, the play opens with them worrying over the arrival of a visitor - one who they're concerned will change their daily lives.

Direct from a national tour and a sell-out run at the Arcola Theatre, Barney Norris's hugely successful play VISITORS comes to the Bush for a 7 week run starting tonight 26 November 2014, with a cast including two Bush Theatre alumni: the award-winning Linda Bassett and celebrated actor Robin Soans. Simon Muller and Eleanor Wyld also return to complete this full, original cast.

As filming completes on the fourth series of award-winning Sunday night drama Call the Midwife, BBC One today announced that a fifth series has been commissioned.

Direct from a national tour and a sell-out run at the Arcola Theatre, Barney Norris's hugely successful play VISITORS comes to the Bush for a 7 week run starting 26 November 2014, with a cast including two Bush Theatre alumni: the award-winning Linda Bassett and celebrated actor Robin Soans. Simon Muller and Eleanor Wyld also return to complete this full, original cast.

Direct from a national tour and a sell-out run at the Arcola Theatre, Barney Norris's hugely successful play VISITORS comes to the Bush for a 7 week run starting 26 November 2014, with a cast including two Bush Theatre alumni: the award-winning Linda Bassett and celebrated actor Robin Soans. Simon Muller and Eleanor Wyld also return to complete this full, original cast.

Playwright, screenwriter and actor Ayub Khan Din is prepping EAST IS EAST for its revival at Trafalgar Studios this fall, beginning tonight, October 4, 2014.

BBC Worldwide North America Sales & Co-productions, PBS and Neal Street Productions announced today at the PBS portion of the Television Critics Association Press Tour that the hit British drama CALL THE MIDWIFE will return to PBS for a fourth season.

Award-winning playwright Ayub Khan Din's first play, East is East, which premiered at the Royal Court and was later turned into a much-loved feature film, returns to the London stage after 17 years. This hilarious and ever-pertinent modern classic about growing up in multiracial England will star the multi award-winning stage and screen actress Jane Horrocks (Young Vic's Annie Get Your Gun,Sunshine on Leith, The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice, Absolutely Fabulous) as Ella Khan, one of the greatest female roles written for modern theatre.

Playwright, screenwriter and actor Ayub Khan Din is prepping EAST IS EAST for its revival at Trafalgar Studios this fall, beginning October 4, 2014. Jane Horrocks will star alongside Khan Din in his play, which centers on a married couple raising children in Salford and is based on Khan Din's own childhood experiences.

The shortlist for the annual Evening Standard Theatre Awards has been announced. Winners revealed at a ceremony presented by Damian Lewis at the Savoy Hotel on November 17, when the recipients of six special awards will also be revealed.

The longlist for the annual Evening Standard Theatre Awards has been announced, and includes Dame Judi Dench, Dame Helen Mirren, James McAvoy and Dominic West.

Let's see what the critics had to say...

Donmar Warehouse presents Arnold Wesker's ROOTS, 03 October 2013 - 30 November 2013, Press Night: Tuesday 8 October 2013. Director: James Macdonald, Designer: Hildegard Bechtler, Lighting Designer: Guy Hoare, Sound Designer: Ian Dickinson for Autograph, Video Designer: Dick Straker

Donmar Warehouse announces 2013 Autumn Season

The Music Box Theatre continues its partnership with the UK's National Theatre Live to exhibit live stage performances beamed to Chicago from the prestigious National Theatre in London. (U.S. showings are time-delayed because of time zone difference). The duo behind the Tony Award-winning The History Boys - writer Alan Bennett and director Nicholas Hytner - reteams for People, starring Olivier Award-winning actress Frances de la Tour as the once-wealthy owner of a crumbling country estate facing an uncertain future. The Chicago screenings take place Tuesday, April 23, 7 p.m. and Sunday, April 28, 2 p.m. at the Music Box Theatre, 3733 North Southport Avenue. Tickets to National Theatre Live events are $15 in advance at the Music Box Theatre box office and online at www.musicboxtheatre.com/events/people-2013-04-23-730-pm; $18 at the door.